I Survived COVID-19, but Now Tequila and Pizza Make Me Gag: One Woman’s Story
There’s one thing a couple of world pandemic and prolonged at-home lockdown that appears to accentuate the necessity for an after-work cocktail. In April, I thought-about a bottle of Cazadores blanco a pantry staple. Cracking ice right into a rocks glass with a shot of tequila, soda water, and a squeeze of lime or two was the occasional, after-work break I wanted from hitting refresh on the The New York Occasions web site over and over once more. But for a number of weeks, the drink tasted like nothing. A chilly assortment of bubbles that was enjoyable in its effervescence but wholly devoid of taste. The scent was empty, too. I got here down with COVID-19 in early March. I was fortunate to have a light case that put me out of fee for a number of weeks but wanted no hospitalization. The strangest symptom for me was the whole lack of scent, one thing known as anosmia (and later, parosmia) . On the time, scent loss was newly linked to COVID; now, it’s a extra dependable predictor of an ...